Boeing 737: Passengers run from burning plane after it skids off runway a day after Boeing 767 ‘crash lands’

Name: Boeing 737 Catches Fire and Skids Off Runway at a Senegal Airport, Injuring 10 People
Uploaded: 2024-05-09T15:52:14.000Z
Duration: 33 s
Description: A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal's capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire.

By Jessica Martin

Published 10th May 2024, 11:51 BST

Updated 10th May 2024, 11:55 BST

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Watch as panicked passengers escape the wreckage and run away from the scene.

Shocking footage shows the moment passengers were forced to use an evacuation slide to escape a burning Boeing 737 in the early hours of May 9.

The Boeing 737, which had 78 passengers onboard and was headed for Bamako in Mali, reportedly slid off the tarmac as it attempted to take off. The aircraft's left engine caught on fire in the incident at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Senegal.

Boeing 737 passengers run from burning plane.